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My friend Tim (88FHPMustang5.0 or something like that on here) and I are doing a Cobra intake and BBK 65mm TB tomorrow on his 1988 Florida Highway Patrol Mustang. We are going to loop the coolant passage, as far as anything else goes is there any tips you guys know of for this swap?
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Guess there's no tips 
damn. I'll check again in the morning before I go over there.
damn. I'll check again in the morning before I go over there.
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I'm not getting anyone to do it If I can rebuild a motor I can put an intake manifold on. Yeah, we're putting on the Cobra upper/lower and a BBK 65mm throttle body that's already on it. I figured it would be pretty straight forward, but since I'm sure some of you have done it you would know if there's any snags in the process
If I can rebuild a motor I can put an intake manifold on. Yeah, we're putting on the Cobra upper/lower and a BBK 65mm throttle body that's already on it. I figured it would be pretty straight forward, but since I'm sure some of you have done it you would know if there's any snags in the process
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Originally posted by Mars_302
Uh its pretty straight forward. Hes doing a cobra not a gt40p right?
Uh its pretty straight forward. Hes doing a cobra not a gt40p right?
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I'm putting an explorer intake on mine within the next couple weeks, is there something I should know?
I'm putting an explorer intake on mine within the next couple weeks, is there something I should know?
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Well we started it this morning before I went to work (at work now ) We got the upper and lower intake off, found 6 of the 8 injectors leaking :o . He's getting new o-rings for the fuel rail part of the injectors. We had to take that black coolant piping out to get it out of the engine bay. He has a 3 point strut tower brace thats bolted with nuts on the backside, which meant taking the cowl off and fender panels. So we decided to just take parts off the lower intake instead . Well when I left at noon he was cleaning it up and prepping for the new gaskets. I guess I'll give an update when I get a chance to talk to him after work.
) We got the upper and lower intake off, found 6 of the 8 injectors leaking :o . He's getting new o-rings for the fuel rail part of the injectors. We had to take that black coolant piping out to get it out of the engine bay. He has a 3 point strut tower brace thats bolted with nuts on the backside, which meant taking the cowl off and fender panels. So we decided to just take parts off the lower intake instead . Well when I left at noon he was cleaning it up and prepping for the new gaskets. I guess I'll give an update when I get a chance to talk to him after work.
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Originally posted by Mars_302
Thats pretty straight forward too. Only snags are you will have moidfy and re run and cap some vacum fittings and lines on the upper intake. And the lower is missing the hole for the ACT. So you will either need to drill and tap for it, or relocate it to the intake elbow like I did
Thats pretty straight forward too. Only snags are you will have moidfy and re run and cap some vacum fittings and lines on the upper intake. And the lower is missing the hole for the ACT. So you will either need to drill and tap for it, or relocate it to the intake elbow like I did
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as for blocking off the coolant lines in the throttlebody, i tried it and because of the egr/exhaust gasses it actually got hotter. the coolant was keeping it cooler than it would have gotten. this would work if the egr was blocked off in the heads though. the downside to blocking it is the egr is not hurting the power output at all, and it will make your engine last longer . it has its benifits.
